glendann
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:14 am Post subject: It ain't over yet in Texas. |
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I would like to show my favorite bush off.It has such big blooms and so pretty I think.
Confederate Rose
At a distance
A little closer
A little butterfly had to take a sip.
Bees love them too.
A few other blooms too.
Zinnias with a Butterfly
My mini mums are blooming.
More Zinnias
More mini Mums
Rain Lilies
Nope they ain't finished yet.
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petunia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:08 am Post subject: |
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very nice blooms. zinnias, mums and I especially like the rain lillies. Thanks for sharing with us.
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toni
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful blooms Glenda. I need to find some rain lilies, those are a gorgeous red color.
I had a large pot of dark red Mums I bought a couple of years ago, I transplanted them into the ground in front of a birdbath last spring and I noticed this morning that they are really starting to open up.
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Sjoerd
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What lovely blooms, Glenda. Well, it really is plain to see that it truly isn't over there just yet...you lucky thing.
Do you know the Latin name for the "Confederate Rose"? That looks familiar, but I just can't place it.
The insects really like it it seems.
IO often look-up plants top see if they would grow here, but the things that flourish in Texas will not--except in a terrace pot that can be brought indoors for the winter.
I always see the plant shown on here as potential members of my garden "family", so to speak.
I find that the co-Stewbies have great taste in garden flowers, don't you?
Anyway Glenda, thanks for showing these flowers. I liked seeing them very much.
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playtime8978
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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What wonderful flowers, mine are over so it is really lovely to see photos of others beauties. The Confederate rose is truly lovely my rose has gone to sleep for the winter I might see if i can get some autumn flowering plants for next year, I am learning every day on here its great, i will have to look into what will flower here in autumn and winter i know i have seen an autumn/winter flowering clematis. Might try and talk hubby into it he he he
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eileen
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Really beautiful roses Glenda - such a delicate shade of pink. However, I'm deeply in love with those gorgeous rain lilies of yours and the yellow mums add a lovely touch of 'sunshine.' 
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travelingbooklover
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I love the roses. What a pretty pink. I haven't tried rain lilies before. They will have to go on my South Carolina list!
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WTxDaddy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sjoerd,
Confederate Rose is the same as althea - in the hibiscus family. They also get called Rose of Sharon, I think.
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toni
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Sjoerd, the Confederate Rose is in the Hibiscus family.
Confederate Roses (Hibiscus mutabilis) a shrub or short tree Hibiscus.
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stratsmom
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty, pretty, pretty  I love those rain lilies and that confederate rose. But you know me, anything pink... or red... or...
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gardengater
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Such lovely roses, Glenda. The Rain Lilies are very exotic. Glad it's not over in Texas.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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You've got lovely blooms! Thank you for sharing them. Ours are mostly done now, so I really appreciate everybody else's.
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glendann
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all for enjoying probably my last hoorah of the fall.
WTDaddy they are not the same as Rose of Sharon.Texas Star Hibiscus is in the family too but not the same.The Confederate Rose blooms are much much larger than the Rose of Sharon.
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WTxDaddy
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So, is there a diference between Rose of Sharon & Althea, with hardy wooden branches? I thought they were the same & that Confederate Rose was the kind, where the enitre above-ground portion died in Winter. Or is that Rose Mallow?
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glendann
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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The Althea is the same as Rose of Sharon.It grows tall but stays a bush.The confederate rose looses all its leaves but puts out on the same limbs in the Spring.Its called a bush but if you don't trim it back and just let it grow it will become a hugh tree.
My regular Hibiscus dies back and then comes back from the roots.The Texas Star does the same thing.
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